BRITISH motorists are being warned that they could land a £1,000 fine and three penalty points for hanging an air freshener in their car.

Driving with an air freshener in your car could land you a huge fine (Image: GETTY)

Motorists hanging an air freshener in their car while driving could pick up a hefty fine and penalty points claims experts. While hanging an air freshener may seem like an innocuous thing, it could land drivers a fine if they are not careful. In fact, this goes for anything hanging from the rear-view mirror or mounted to the windscreen, meaning things from sat navs to fluffy dice could cause drivers to be fined. Driving with an obstruction on your car’s windscreen, windows or in the way of your field of view could impact your reaction times and potentially cause an accident.

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While it isn’t illegal to have decorations such as fluffy dice or air fresheners or stickers in your car it could land you an on-the-spot fine of £100 and three points.

If your case was to go to court then this fine could rise to £1,000 and three penalty points.

The Highway Code states: “Windscreens and windows must be kept clean and free from obstructions to vision."

The Road Traffic Law states that: “No person shall drive or cause or permit any other person to drive a motor vehicle on a road if he is in such a position that he cannot have proper control of the vehicle or have a full view of the road and traffic ahead.”

Things such as fluffy dice could cause issues as it obscures the view (Image: GETTY)

Whats’s more your insurers are unlikely to pay out for a claim if you have an accident due to decorations in your car.

Rebecca Ashton, head of driver behaviour at IAM RoadSmart, said: “Anything hanging from the rear-view mirror or anything placed on the windscreen could restrict the driver's view… things people use tend to vary from air fresheners and dice hanging from the mirror to fans, large sat-navs and even using the navigation on an iPad.

“Missing something because you had something obscuring your view could potentially be extremely dangerous, good driving involves exceptional observation skills, seeing things early allows you to anticipate and plan how you deal with hazards.”